skill swap

Hi T.Whid & M.Tribe and all,

this is a wonderful idea (similar to marc of furtherfield's skill swapping=

proposal), and it might help us grow, but i'm afraid it wouldn't really
help us out of our bind. much of what we do couldn't really be sourced out=

in that way. i'm thinking of administrative things like bookkeeping,
bill-paying and grant reporting, technical things like database
development, and more program-related things like coordinating the
superusers, organizing the commissioning program jury or defining artbase=

submission proceedures. i know this sounds old-fashioned in an era of
flexible staffing and virtual workplaces, but some tasks really do require=

the concentrated attention of someone who is committed over time, who knows=

the organization's history and understands how all the various pieces fit=

together. in order for a network of volunteers to really work, we would
need to pay someone to select, train and manage them. we currently have
five volunteers and interns. it's about all we can handle. in order to
maintain forward momentum and do things right, an organization needs a
small core staff. the fact of the matter is that we are already as
streamlined as we can get.

Yep Mark I get your drift - but all this means to me is that Rhizome will h=
ave to become less localized, farming work out, whatever it is - suggestion=
s below.


Good to chat at last to T.Whid - yes that's a good way to take it. For inst=
ance all the Rhizome dudes have to do is advocate the idea, and the skill s=
wapping can start happening without them even having to do anything. You ca=
n't get more streamline than that!

Basically the list/or the rhiz crew/or both; nominate organizer(s) to admin=
istrate the process, even build a quick site to get it going - linking to a=
nd from the rhiz site, and they just have to trust whover is chosen to get =
on with sorting it out, plus the people who want to contribute via skill th=
e function of skill swapping and production for rhizome. Administration doe=
s not have to be done locally - even the accounting does'nt, or the budgeti=
ng. There could be a sub-list that certain people use who are actually cont=
ributing in such a way, specially for it all…I mean Rhizome are sitting o=
n an opportunity here to become even more special.

This can fit cutely with your suggestion below Mr Whid.

respect from marc


> hmmm, skill swapping.. quick brain storm
>
> perhaps it would add value to rhiz as a community if we started
> something akin to sourceforge for net / digital projects.
>
> you would need be a rhiz member to join the skill swapping pool and
> people could connect with others to get projects done and they in
> turn would need to volunteer their time to other's projects.
>
> the person who requested skills could rate the volunteers and vice
> versa. someone who requests skills but never volunteers would have
> that noted (as the requests would be noted, but they would never
> receive feedback) in their profile so that potential volunteers would
> know that this person isn't giving anything back and avoid helping
> them. whereas someone who is very helpful should be able to find
> volunteers very easily.
>
> when people sign up with rhiz they can opt-in to the pool and would
> have a profile of what they're skilled at and what they sometimes
> need help with, how helpful they've been, etc.
>
>
>
> >Not a bad one I thought…
> >
> >marc
> >
> >
> >> BEST IDEA I'VE SEEN SO FAR.. LET'S DO THIS ONE!
> >>
> >> > "furtherfield" <[email protected]> "Mark Tribe" <[email protected]=
>,
> ><[email protected]> Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: Membership feeDate: Tue, 29 Oct =
2002
> >23:47:44 -0000
> >> >Reply-To: "furtherfield" <[email protected]>
> >> >
> >> >Ok Mark,
> >> >
> >> >How about skill swaping - this is also a thing we do. Yep, I know th=
at
> >> >you've done a bit in the past. But this is an emergency. Offer certa=
in
> >> >privelages from rhizome like extra publicity/ promotion of art etc in
> >return
> >> >for doing ceratin jobs. Make it all open and official so anyone who =
has a
> >> >computer skill, no matter how big or small can help in some way.
> >> >
> >> >marc
> >> >
> >> >
>
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Great Idea

on 10/30/02 1:48 PM, t.whid at [email protected] wrote:

> hmmm, skill swapping.. quick brain storm
>
> perhaps it would add value to rhiz as a community if we started
> something akin to sourceforge for net / digital projects.
>
> you would need be a rhiz member to join the skill swapping pool and
> people could connect with others to get projects done and they in
> turn would need to volunteer their time to other's projects.
>
> the person who requested skills could rate the volunteers and vice
> versa. someone who requests skills but never volunteers would have
> that noted (as the requests would be noted, but they would never
> receive feedback) in their profile so that potential volunteers would
> know that this person isn't giving anything back and avoid helping
> them. whereas someone who is very helpful should be able to find
> volunteers very easily.
>
> when people sign up with rhiz they can opt-in to the pool and would
> have a profile of what they're skilled at and what they sometimes
> need help with, how helpful they've been, etc.
>
>
>
>> Not a bad one I thought…
>>
>> marc
>>
>>
>>> BEST IDEA I'VE SEEN SO FAR.. LET'S DO THIS ONE!
>>>
>>>> "furtherfield" <[email protected]> "Mark Tribe" <[email protected]>,
>> <[email protected]> Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: Membership feeDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2002
>> 23:47:44 -0000
>>>> Reply-To: "furtherfield" <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> Ok Mark,
>>>>
>>>> How about skill swaping - this is also a thing we do. Yep, I know that
>>>> you've done a bit in the past. But this is an emergency. Offer certain
>>>> privelages from rhizome like extra publicity/ promotion of art etc in
>> return
>>>> for doing ceratin jobs. Make it all open and official so anyone who has a
>>>> computer skill, no matter how big or small can help in some way.
>>>>
>>>> marc
>>>>
>>>>